K12 Reviews

The lack of communication. The Administration is terrible to say the least, at Florida Cyber Charter Academy. There have been multiple mistakes for years that's been made in regarding our children's IEP's. God forbid, if you want to advocate/voice your concerns in regards to your children's education aspects is concerned they silence you in every way possible. They end your IEP meeting abruptly. Without proper cause/permission or make the statement that this isn't the meeting for this. The teachers some of them are the worst when it comes to education. They lack compassion & empathy when it comes to education is concerned. It's been six to seven months, and some of my children are just now receiving Tutoring services after complaining to any and everyone who would listen. It's almost the end of the school year, with two months left, what's the point?

Honestly I would not recommend this school at all. They give way too much work and it’s overwhelming for no reason. It feels like they don’t even care if students actually understand anything, just that everything gets turned in. The teachers don’t really seem helpful either, it kinda feels like they’re just there for a paycheck and not to actually teach or support students. Also, having to wake up super early just to go take LEAP testing in some random college building is so annoying. Like nobody wants to do all that, especially for an online school. It defeats the whole point and just makes everything more stressful. Overall, it’s just not a good experience and I wouldn’t suggest it.

My kids are capable of advancing faster, but the tuition-free program deliberately slows them down to fit state grade-level rules. If I want them to move at their own pace, I have to pay $4,000. This isn’t education—it’s compliance training, monetizing the freedom that should be guaranteed to every student. Public funds are being used to restrict bright kids, while the paid program sells the ability to actually learn. Parents, be aware: your child’s potential may be intentionally sabotaged for funding rules. This is unacceptable.

I have done K12 for 2 in a half years now. This school sucks so bad. They assign way too much work. How am I supposed to do a bunch of assignments that are due during 4pm when I have classes back to back. Sometimes I even had classes at the same time and had to attend both classes and do the work at the same time. It is so overwhelming. If you’re looking to put your child in homeschooling k12 is not the best. It’s the WORST. The new system is so confusing. My sister did all her work and had perfect grades but they withdrew her saying she had bad attendance. That is a lie. They use ai for attendance. If your camera is off for a little second they count you as absent. I think this school should do so much better. Stop using ai dude. It sucks.

I have tried to search many many many things on my school laptop and it blocks almost everything Bible related and I am VERY VERY angry about it. I give a one star because of that alone. Jesus is my everything and I WILL NOT tolerate this. Trellix blocks it all and leads me to EXTREMELY unhelpful sites when I try to search anything Bible related. NOT HAPPY!! Especially because this is what schools should actually be teaching. When I search up things, it will either show for a moment or be blocked immediately. I can see that Trellix has it as a verified source which almost makes me believe that there is a person on the other side who is blocking it.

I’m only halfway through K12 and it’s been the worst experience I’ve ever had. The work is so overwhelming, It’s A LOT of work, and the worst thing is they only give you until 10:00 PM to do everything. It honestly isn’t the students' fault for having multiple missing assignments because at IN-PERSON school, they literally give you MULTIPLE DAYS to do assignments, yet at K12 online school, it’s all due at 10:00 PM! I’ve literally lost multiple days of sleep because of this school, juggling between working on current and missing assignments.

It’s horrible. Children learn nothing. The new layout is so difficult you will never be able to find any missing assignments. Teachers are rude and are no help. Had to do star testing which is a very important test and you have to do it in a live class and the teacher “missed her alarm”!!? We were waiting for almost an hour.

If you're concerned about your kid's education, DON'T sign them up at K12. All I know is my child couldn't sign in. I called and got a lot of nonsense and was told to contact the administrator's office. I was on hold forever. They ended up unenrolling my kid right here at the end of January!! The stuff they had was so confusing. Today I had to sign my kid up at the local middle school. I was told he might have to go to summer school.

The geometry teacher, Mrs. Acha, is so bad! I've been in this school for years and I have never been failing a subject so bad. This teacher makes class sessions so stressful and sometimes I can't even get myself to go to her classes because I know it'll ruin my day. Her accent is too thick and you won't be able to understand what she's saying, she overcomplicates everything and makes it so much harder to learn, and she forces her students to get on mic, even if they don't understand the work or know the answer. I've requested multiple times to change teachers, but the school won't let me. I have seen other students also saying these same things about her. They are now making another math teacher join in on Achas lessons to see if the students are participating in class. If that's not a sign that they need to fire her then I don't know what is.

I highly value my child’s education, and I would not recommend this school to anyone. The faculty and teachers lack support, professionalism, and communication skills. This school system does not set your child up for success; it provides a poor education.

Our granddaughter is starting homeschooling this semester. Her parents choose K12, as the online program through the Missouri Public system. I'm a retired Math teacher/administrator with 40+ years of classroom experience. I will be spending each every day with her as she works through this maze of an online system. I would avoid this program 10,000%! While the adults are nice, this is not a program geared to teach children. The adults talk for their time limit, but teach little, if anything at all. The computer program is extremely difficult to follow and nearly impossible to locate the work necessary for grades. The busy work is unbelievable, as the students are stuck behind screens which must be followed, even it the student knows the information.

When I first enrolled my child, I was excited to see they had classes meeting daily. The platform was and is a hot mess. My learning coach account never worked the whole time my child was enrolled. I called tech support constantly. The technical support is a joke and does not provide much assistance. Teachers and principals never return calls. The platform would not allow me to enter attendance at all which presents truancy issues. My son could hardly access homework to turn in and when we reached out to teachers they wouldn't provide assistance or any help to access. The online platform is in no way user friendly. Tech support is a joke and is not supportive.

This school gets roughly 4k per student per quarter. If you’re thinking, "Wow that’s a lot that goes towards the kids." You’re wrong. This school is a scam. The teachers are in unprofessional settings like bedrooms on FaceTime calls. Knowledge is not being learned here. You log into a platform that is extremely unorganized and hard to follow. Teachers are impossible to get ahold of. The actual “classrooms” are just a waste of time. No learning is happening in this school. It’s no different than public school. A waste of a child’s day. But at least with a public school I can justify where the funding went with P.E. and lunches and field trips. This school just collects every penny and then tells my kid to fill out truly pointless papers as his education. 16k a year they receive roughly for each child and yet we have to borrow a computer. The money is not being spent on resources to further improve his education.

I joined K12 Private Academy, and it was a complete disaster from start to finish. The teachers were distant, unhelpful, and acted like they couldn’t care less about their students. Anytime I needed support, it felt like I was shouting into a void—no one bothered to step in or guide me. The lessons were a mess: confusing, poorly explained, and left me feeling more lost than before. Instead of motivating me, the program drained me, making school feel pointless. It was obvious that my progress didn’t matter to them, and the whole setup was sloppy and disorganized. Honestly, enrolling there was one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made, and I wouldn’t tell anyone to waste their time on it. With no real teaching and zero support, learning was practically impossible.

Horrible. Do not waste your time. I had 5 kids enrolled let me tell you. Since the first day of school is was bad. The classes weren’t loading for about a week. So they started the 2nd week of school. They were behind the quizzes or live classes wouldn’t load. The assignments wouldn’t load or they had issues with them showing up on their calendar. I tried calling the school the K12 support & I never got ahold of anybody. I sent out emails & never heard back until a few weeks later & I got a call back from support 2 months later from when I had called!!! Ridiculous system. I withdrew all my kids & will not recommend this program! It’s a huge headache & your kids will start feeling overwhelmed. I was overwhelmed myself.

Extremely disappointed went through all of the painstaking enrollment process, received the equipment, started the classes, petitioned for a special education teacher for my son, they then reviewed us and denied him based on his behavioral. My son can't attend regular school and because of some issues with ADHD and some other things and so I feel that he's the perfect fit for this program but I also feel that if this program is just for the lazy student that don't want to attend regular school while they can go to regular school and that my tax dollars should have every bit of validation and his enrollment and I don't feel that I should be paying tax dollars for something that doesn't provide an education to my child or any other in his situation.

The entire program is horrendous. The k12 customer service is mostly foreign people that give different answers each time you call. Unfriendly and unhelpful. Enrolling is extremely difficult and shouldn't be!! You get annoying calls but some teachers (math) NEVER return calls when help is needed. Some teachers are great!! The counselor was so bad, we didn't even want to talk to her. They will not help when needed, but will harass you with nonsense often. The lessons are not engaging.

My younger sister just got kicked out because she was under contract, and had one bad grade that she was working to bring up. She also has to attend meetings with the camera on while being on contract which intern distracts her from improving her grades. K12 only sets up students for failure.

Your kids would be better off being taught by a Caveman than this institution. It's a joke, all they want is 💰. Your child is a number not a student. They will always point the finger at the parents. Put a kid in front of a computer screen for 6 hours. Why does it take a teacher 45 minutes to have an online class when attention spans last less that 20 minutes. It's not education anymore, it's called grooming kids for failure. DO NOT ENROLL IN K12!

So far, this is the biggest waste of my time and my children's education. Unenrolling a child twice and then not accepting them back when they had proper documents all along, and then you do the same thing to my son... worst document team on planet earth!!! You guys are screwing up children's educations because you don't know how do your job. Couple times I called, I was met with rudeness and no help at all, putting me on hold for 2 hours is unacceptable and whoever Daniel ** is needs to be fired, like yesterday, nasty woman I ever spoke to, fire her asap. I hear lots of people already complained about her and now she's uninvolved with both my kids. For no reason, I have all the proper documents but she says they're not current and she's full of herself and makes things more difficult and challenging to the parents and is rude as can be.

We gave all information about new out-of-state move. But they decided to close all accounts without any prior notice. And withdraw my daughter after 1 month. Disappointed with K12 system. They should have reviewed all info before registration. I would not recommend K12.

Definitely not a good choice, had me waiting for a month before rejecting my child because of continuous enrollment when I applied for online the same day I took him out. They held me up, after the paperwork been approved to say oh it's been more than ten days since he was out of school, when it takes 2-4 weeks just to get approval. I would not waste my time again. Definitely a scam. Try a better online school that has better reviews.

Our daughter wound up being placed in "Colorado Digital Academy" (Colorado Virtual Academy?) through K12. As a programmer, I must say it is horrible. Some things are google docs. I've seen math auto-complete for her and had to disable it. Some may see that as a plus but let's dig deeper... There's this testing called "i-Ready". You do these tests and would think their platform would then have the score? Well, it does but apparently it cannot feed it to another portion of the system. She was marked failed on 2 of them as we weren't aware we had to go enter the score in another box and submit it.

If I could give this school zero stars I would. Please just take your kids to public school if you want them to learn anything. This is coming from a student that went here for my freshman year of high school. I became so depressed because of the workload and lack of advisement from K12. I actually started to BALD because I was so stressed out everyday. They expect you to know everything even when you don't learn from the helpless teachers and staff. No one answers their emails, teachers don't pick up their phones, and when they do give you advice its USELESS! I have fallen behind in high school because of it. DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL HERE. 🚫🚫🚫

SAVE YOUR CHILD AND YOURSELF THE GRIEF AND PTSD AND DO NOT ENROLL. I had 1 graduate then this year they changed everything and they don't even know which way is up. My kids are not learning properly. The teachers hate it. If we had any other option I'd withdraw them immediately. This is a joke and a complete sham. My kids stay stressed out and I can't do anything but make them sit sometimes 11 hrs trying to keep up and me doing a lot for them.

Surprisingly easy to navigate. All my anxiety about being able to keep up is gone, thanks to help from Lisa **, and Ms. **. The art supplies and library of books are brand new and quality. Instant access to help and answers.

Unfortunately, I absolutely hate to give neg reviews but I have had to submit more documents than I have ever had to submit to anything I've applied for. I thought it was a lot when I bought my first car! But there were so many things I had to do, loop holes to jump through and speed bumps to hurdle over just to get documents to them to eventually be accepted and then later to declined to submit 2 more documents that I had already sent in. So I just withdrew/cancelled my son's application. Maybe check your staff for enrollment or possibly update the document reader. With respectful constructive criticism, I hope you guys find a better route. Thanks but no thanks.

I am a student at TOPS K12 and today I went to get my learners permit to drive. I was told that I can't because my VOE had a different name from the rest of my paperwork. When me and my mother look at it, it has my K12 nickname on it. We have been here for thirty minutes trying to get it fixed. My mother sent them an email with my legal, and they sent it with a nickname again! Then we are told to go to the school??? To get it fixed.

This is so sad. Please don't put your child in this school. This school needs to be shut down. I have all 3 of my lawyers bring case against them, they will set your child back; they will mess up the Attendance. Every time you ask for help you get the running around. This was the worse mistake I every made

This USED to be 5 stars, now it's 1 all because of programmed switch. Went from OLS to Canvas and it's more harder. More lagging. More issues. And yet they say OLS was being broken even though it was fine. This is horrible because it does not show like OLS does and it's pretty annoying. This is terrible and I hope they change it back because this is a 1 star.